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how do you find the limit of a function with indeterminate form of infinity-infinity
like this one:
lim as x approaches 0 of (1/tan x) - (1/x)

2006-11-07 11:37:12 · 2 answers · asked by infiniti1113 3 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

2 answers

1/tanx - 1/x=
(x-tanx)/(xtanx)=0/0
so use l'hopital's rule
(1-sec^2(x))/(tanx+xsec^2(x))=
(1-1)/(0+0)= 0/0
so use l'hopital again
(-2secxsecxtanx)/(sec^2(x)+
sec^2(x)+x(2secxsecxtanx))=
0/(2+0)=0

2006-11-07 11:44:21 · answer #1 · answered by Greg G 5 · 0 0

l'hopital's rule!!!

2006-11-07 11:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by Texan Pete 3 · 0 0

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